{"conversationCode":"404-021","tapeNumber":404,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-404-021","startDateTime":"1973-01-23T18:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-23T18:53:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jan-1973","startTime":"1:46 PM","endDate":"23-Jan-1973","endTime":"1:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 1:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 404-021 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 404-21\n\nDate: January 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:46 pm and 1:53 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n       Dictation machine batteries\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 1:53 pm.","filename":["404-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"404-020","nextCode":"404-022","transcript":[{"start":0.86,"end":15.17,"text":"Thank you very much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building. The brief discussion focused on the acquisition and maintenance of batteries for the President's dictation machine. No major policy matters were addressed during this administrative exchange.","topics":["Dictation equipment","White House staff","Manolo Sanchez","Administrative tasks","Presidential routine"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:25:02.271Z"},"topicSlugs":["dictation-equipment","white-house-staff","manolo-sanchez","administrative-tasks","presidential-routine"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"404-021.mp3","bytes":481498,"durationSec":19.92,"bitrate":193372,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.437Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/404-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/404-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/404/conversation-404-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}